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Egg Harbor

Date: 1925
Description: View from low hill of a man standing as he is driving a team and wagon up Egg Harbor Road, traveling north. An automobile is parked in the foreground along...
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Cottage at Europe Lake

Date: 1922
Description: Three-quarter view of the Hotz cottage showing a side and the large porch which faced Europe Lake. The stone foundation is visible on the side; the porch h...
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Cottage at Europe Lake

Date: 1922
Description: View of the rear of the Hotz cottage, showing a stone chimney which divides a dormer. There are large pine trees around the cottage.
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Cottage at Europe Lake

Date: 1922
Description: Three-quarter view of the Hotz cottage showing a side and the large porch which faced Europe Lake. The stone foundation is visible on the side; the porch h...
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Hotz Home

Date: 1910
Description: Three-quarter view of the Hotz home at 1072 Sheridan Road in winter. There is a large barn behind the house; a dog is partially visible behind a tree.
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Girl with Snowman in Front Yard

Date: 1910
Description: A girl with a large bow in her hair stands beside a snowman in the front yard of the Hotz residence at 1072 Sheridan Road. The house has a large front porc...
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Hotz Residence

Date: 1910
Description: Mrs. Ferdinand (Clothilde) Hotz poses with two of her daughters in front of their house. A dog walks toward them from the right. The large shingle-style ho...
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Addition to Hotz Residence

Date: 1910
Description: Lumber, wheelbarrows, a screen for sifting sand, and portions of scaffolding clutter the area around a new addition to the rear of the Hotz residence. Ther...
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Apfelbach Summer Home

Date: 1915
Description: Birch and other trees frame the view of a distant house and barn with poplars behind, lining the road (now Highway 42) at Fish Creek.
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Orchard in Winter

Date: 02 1924
Description: Elevated view of fruit trees, farm buildings, houses, and a windmill with pump house.
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Group at Detroit Harbor

Date: 07 1924
Description: A man stands with a group of nine women posed in front of a small commercial building. A sign in the shape of a tire advertises "Goodyear Service Station."...
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Newport House

Date: 1920
Description: Clothes hang on the line behind a large wood frame house. The roof is in need of repair. The photographer's wife, Clothilde, holds a dachsund in a car par...
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House at Newport

Date: 1924
Description: Laundry hangs on the line behind an old wooden farmhouse which has several porches. The lawn is overgrown; there are outbuildings in the background.
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Plum Island

Date: 1927
Description: View of the Plum Island rear range lighthouse from the end of the pier. The brick house was home to the lighthouse keeper and the first and second assistan...
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Hotz Family Home

Date: 1918
Description: Winter view of the large Hotz family home. There are multiple chimneys, gables and dormers, with prominent dentil molding under the eaves. A dachshund stan...
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Wetlands

Date: 1920
Description: Trees are reflected in shallow water in the wetlands in Fish Creek Valley near the Thorp and Vorous farms in spring. The tower and other buildings of the H...
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View of Mackinac Island

Date: 07 1923
Description: View of Mackinac Island from a wooden pier. There are large houses, some with turrets, facing the water.
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Fish Creek Dock

Date: 07 1923
Description: A large group stands on the pier at Fish Creek as a boat leaves. A barn-like warehouse stands on the pier; houses, boathouses, and outbuildings are visible...
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Log Buildings

Date: 1926
Description: Two deteriorating log buildings stand in a stony meadow. There is a stone fence on the left and trees beyond.
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Farmstead

Date: 1912
Description: View down dirt road leading to the Carlson farm at Nelson Bay in Peninsula State Park. A man stands in the background among the farm buildings near a parke...

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